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Poland, or Paris, be examined, eight or nine 

 species out of ten will be found to be the same. 

 Again, if collections of fossils from the carboni- 

 ferous limestone, of any of the above places, 

 are compared, they will be found to agree in the 

 same manner with each other : but if you com- 

 pare the collection from the chalk, with that 

 from the limestone, you would not find one 

 single instance of agreement ; indeed very few 

 appearances of it that could deceive even your 

 unpractised eye." 



'* I wish, uncle, I could make "these curious 

 comparisons with my own eyes." 



" So you shall, my dear Bertha. I have a 

 few specimens of remarkable fossils, though I 

 have no regular collection ; and when we 

 reach home, I will endeavour to shew you some 

 instances of these facts, as they interest you and 

 Caroline so much." 



15th. I have made another extract from the 

 Canada letters for my dear mamma. 



"Loghouse, February 24/A. 



" Here we are at last ; and though we must 

 bear a good deal of inconvenience for some time, 

 yet we feel all the enjoyment of being really at 

 home. 



" On Monday morning, Feb. 10, we left Co- 

 bourg, Mr. * * * * and I on one seat, with a 

 little girl between us ; the maid and the other 



